Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI): clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI): clinical features. There is a high male to female ratio. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Demographic features
- There is a high male to female ratio
- It especially affects people < 30 years
- The cervical spine is most commonly involved
Neurological features
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Urogenital features
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Cardiorespiratory features
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Sleep disorders
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Cognitive dysfunction: risk factors
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Systemic complications
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References
- Stephan K, Huber S, Häberle S, et al; TraumaRegister DGU. Spinal cord injury-incidence, prognosis, and outcome: an analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU. Spine J 2015; 15:1994-2001.
- Singh A, Tetreault L, Kalsi-Ryan S, Nouri A, Fehlings MG. Global prevalence and incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury. Clin Epidemiol 2014; 6:309-331.
- McKinley WO, Tewksbury MA, Godbout CJ. Comparison of medical complications following nontraumatic and traumatic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med 2002; 25:88-93.
- Savic G, Frankel HL, Jamous MA, Soni BM, Charlifue S. Long-term bladder and bowel management after spinal cord injury: a 20-year longitudinal study. Spinal Cord 2018; doi: 10.1038/s41393-018-0072-4 (Epub ahead of print).
- Cristante AF, Barros Filho TE, Marcon RM, Letaif OB, Rocha ID. Therapeutic approaches for spinal cord injury. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2012; 67:1219-1224.
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